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The Victorian internet: how a cable to Co Kerry changed the world

The first transatlantic cable linking Valentia Island to Newfoundland was a transformative moment in the history of science and technology

The Famine Monologues

The Famine Monologues: explore the podcast drama series

The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project

The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project

Civil War Fatalities

Listen to Irish Imperial Lives

Listen to Irish Imperial Lives

Ireland then and now: explore the interactive series

Ireland then and now: explore the interactive series

Stardust: The Pen Portraits

Stardust: The Pen Portraits

Find out more about the Civil War on RTE.ie History

Find out more about the Civil War on RTE.ie History

The Great Irish Famine

The Great Irish Famine

Colourised photograph of British soldiers

The War of Independence Project on RTE History

Sir Charles Edward F. Trevelyan, K.C.B. Engraved by D.J. Pound from a photograph by John Watkins, Parliament Street. Image: Getty Images

The truth about Trevelyan

Charles Trevelyan

Michael Collins on RTÉ History

Michael Collins on RTÉ History

Eileen McCrane

Explore women's history on RTÉ History

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family in the 1910s. (Image by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

How Russian crown jewels went from the Romanovs to Harry Boland

De Valera in America

Anna Meany in her uniform. Image courtesy of Paul Looby

Sisters in war: an Irish nurse battles a deadly enemy in WW1 Iraq

A barber surgeon attending to a man's forehead. An oil painting from the Wellcome Collection which appears in Every Branch of the Healing Art: A History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Surgeons vs barbers: how Irish surgeons declared independence

May Gibney, courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW

History in pictures: themed image galleries and exhibitions

History in pictures: themed image galleries and exhibitions

Colourised image

The War of Independence in colour series

Alice Ball from Black Women in History by Charlot Kristensen

Black Women in History

Elizabeth Mernin

War of Independence lives: meet the people who changed history

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Pictures of the Past

Ireland then and now: explore the interactive series

Ireland then and now: explore the interactive series

An image from the exhibition

The National Library of Ireland presents From Turmoil to Truce

Women protesting outside Mountjoy Jail, Dublin in 1920.

In Pictures: Hunger Strikes and Protests

May Gibney in uniform Courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW 19PO-1A22-27

Portraits and Pamphlets: A Cumann na mBan Gallery

The History Show on RTE Radio 1

Bringing the past to life with Myles Dungan and guests

The History Show on RTE Radio 1

Bitesize History: watch the short videos

More Bitesize History: watch the short videos

How internees rebelled during the Civil War

Anne McInerney explains

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How internees rebelled during the Civil War

How internees rebelled during the Civil War

12 Labour - Civil War Conference - Landscape v2 10Feb23

12 Labour - Civil War Conference - Landscape v2 10Feb23

The Occupation of the Four Courts

The Occupation of the Four Courts

How did Victorian artists depict the Famine?

How did Victorian artists depict the Famine?

De Valera in America

De Valera in America

The RIC

The Dáil Ban

The First Dáil

Cumann na mBan

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Nan Hogan

Impossible conditions: Nan Hogan's family share her prison letter

Jennifer Nuttall

Jennifer Nuttall tells the story of how her family was threatened

The memorial at Drumboe

"Too young to die": remembering the executed men of Drumboe

Children being evacuated from the streets around O'Connell Street during the Battle of Dublin

A three minute guide to social class and the Civil War divide

National Army soldiers on O'Connell St in summer 1922

A three minute guide to the Battle of Dublin

Gavin Foster, filmed at the Irish Civil War National Conference at UCC in June 2022

Wall of Silence: Memory and the Civil War

The Four Courts in flames

A two minute guide to the Battle of the Four Courts

Battle of Dublin

History resources for secondary teachers and students

Based on the Atlas of the Irish Revolution from UCC, these downloadable workbooks, lesson plans, overviews and document packs make historical research accessible to secondary school students from Junior Cycle to Leaving Cert

A montage of images from the RTE History website

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The Great Irish Famine

The Great Irish Famine

The War of Independence

The War of Independence

The Civil War

Explore women's history on RTÉ History

From the RTÉ Archives

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

What was it like to be involved in Cumann na mBan during its first revolutionary decade? In this 1984 interview, Sighle Humphreys shares her memories.

Earnán de Blaghd, Robert Barton and James Ryan (1969)

Standing For An Irish Parliament

Maire Comerford remembers the first meeting of the Dáil

Maire Comerford remembers the first meeting of the Dáil

Dan Breen on the Soloheadbeg ambush

Dan Breen on the Soloheadbeg ambush

Century Ireland

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